Sanitary cuspidor.



. F. KORTEN.

SANITARY CUSPIDOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6, 1911.

Patented. June 26, 1917.

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BENJAMIN F. KORTEN, OF- PORTLAND, OREGON.

SANITARY CUSPIDOR.

Application led March 6.

To Il ywhom 'it may concern.' Y

Be. it known that I, BENJAMIN F. Kon- TnN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon.l have invented certain new and useful improvements in `Sanitary (luspidors, of which the following is a specification.

The basic objectof this invention is to pri'wide a cuspidor which shall be sanitary, ornamental in appearance, andr susceptible of manufacture ata low cost.

The adhesion of sanguinary saliva tothe interior surface of a cuspidor-bowl cannot be overcome by intermittent flushing of the same, and, when such dashing is depended upon to remove the saliva., a certain portion of the same, with its disease-breeding geruis Awill accumulate and, ultimately, dry in the cuspidor, rendering the same unhealthy, as well as unsightly. rlhis difficulty l overcome by providing means for continuously flushing the cuspidor. or continuously flooding the same. so that the saliva. etc., will not impinge the saine and adhere thereto.'

Another object to provide an auxiliary howl. associated with the cuspidor-support. for the reception of cigar-stumps, matchstenis. ctc.. and provided with means for conveniently admitting water thereto and for removing dirty water therefrom.

Another object is to provide a novel form of woveirwire baskets.adapted to he disposed in said auxiliary howl. which may be easily removed. and which facilitate clean-. infr of the bowl. Vv' ith these objects in view. and others appearing as the specification proceeds. the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts of a cuspidor. as will be hereinafter fully de scribed in the specification, summed up in the claims, and illustrated in the drawing. rlhe accompanying drawings, in which like referen(fe-characters denote correponding parts throughout. the several views. disclose one. form of embodiment of my invention capable of carrying ont the underlyingr principles thereof. The seveal figures of the drawing may be brieiiy described as follows:

Figure l is a perspective view of a. cuspidor embodying my inventive ,improvements; Fig. 2 is a central. vertical. sectional view through the cuspidor: and y Fig` 3 is a horizontal, section on the line Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, i917. 1917. Serial No. 152,712.

3-3, Fig, 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring, now. in detail to the dra wing:

l designates the base of the cuspidor, which, .as shown. may be an inverted cupshaped member, adapted to rest upon the ground or floor.

An open-top reservoir may be formed .integral with, or Vseparate from, the base 1.

being preferably united thereto by a neck 3. rlhis reservoir is adapted for the reception of discarded cigaror cigarette-stumps, match-stems, etc.

Disposed concentric-ally within and projecting through the reservoir 2 and base l is a vertical trunk or tube l. carrying. at its top. a sputum-'bowl o. which. as shown. is l'ireferably formed with double, spaced walls, the inner wall 5 being' formed. at its bottom` with exit openings G, discharging into a vertical waste-pipe disposed concentrically within the tube l.' and connect-ing with a sewer, or the like (not shown). Preferably the base l. the reservoir the bowl 5. and the tube are made an integral structure. as by welding the parts together.

llxtendingj longitiulilialli' within the tube i is a. pipe connecting with a water-main (not shown). or other source of water under pressure. This pipe S is bent. as at S. at the. top ot' thetnbe l. and thence extends upward, on the arc of a circle. conforming to the walls of the bowl and lying between said walls. and. at the top of the bowl. is bent so as to present a curved terminal S, lying in a horizontal plane between the walls of the bowl. and being provided with nozzles l) projectingI through the Ainner wall 5 of the bowl The pipe S is convenienti)y provided with a valve l0, wl'icreby to adjustthe amount or volume of water passing to the bowl 5, or entirely to cut off passage of water thereto.

Connecting the reservoir 2 and the watersupply pipe 8 is a branch 11, in which 1s a valve 12. By opening this valve, Water from the supply-pipe 8 is admitted to the reservoir 2, until the water stands at the `desired depth therein, whereupon the vaive is closed.

For the purpose of emptying the easier."In voir of the water therein, a. second branch lf3 connects the reservoir and the Wastepipe "E", and in this branch is a valve la, by opening which water mayA be drainedY oit from the reservoir, and a fresh supply of clean water admitted thereto.

Within the reservoir 2 are removable wiremesh baskets 15, 15, each basket being provided with a curved wall 15 conforming 1n shape to the curvature of the reservoir 2, and with straight walls 15, 15 uniteghby a curved portion l5", semi-circular in hprizontal cross section. The baskets are disposed, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, with the` two curved walls 15', 15 bearing the inner curved surface of the reservoir 2, and with the members of each pair of vertical, fiat walls 15a, 15a bearing against each other,

and with the curved portions 15", 15b encircling the tube 4. The baskets are provided, desirably, with handles 15C, 156, whereby they may be easily removed.

V'VVhile, for the purpose of the patentstatutes I have described with great particularity one form of embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that the invention is susceptible of modification without necessarily sacrificing any of its advantages, and that all changes from the concrete exemplification herein disclosed come within the scope and purview of the invention, provided they fall within the terms of the appended claims.

My device may be made of any material,- for instance, the reservoir 2 and sputumbowl 5 may be of porcelain, or of metal.

Having thus fully described my invention, the many advantages thereof will be apparent, especially to those skilled in thel art to which it pertains. The device is designed with a view to extreme simplicity, combined with maximum usefulness, and, besides being utilitarian, is ornamental and pleasing to the eye, being graceful'in contou, and the exteriors of the reservoir 2 and the bowl 5 being, if desired, painted artistically with any fanciful .and .fornamental design, or with a harmonious blending of colors.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to se cure by Letters-Patent of the United States 1s:

1. In a Smokers utility device, the combination, with twin, open-top receptacles arranged in vertical alinement, of av hollow column connectmg said receptacles, liquid supplyand discharge-pipes, respectively,

supplyand discharge-pipes, respectively, l

within said column and communicating with said receptacles, and twin,wire-mesh baskets disposed in one of said receptacles, each basket having a wall conforming to and bearing against the inner surface of the wall of said receptacle, a wall shaped in conformity to and bearing against saidlcol- Innn, and straight walls, the straight walls of one basket bearing against the straight walls of the other basket.

Intestimony whereof I affix my signature.

BENJAMIN 1f. Kouricx. 

